Indeed. 40 Meters was an awesome band for AM ragchew back in the 80's and 90's. The propagation is more volitale now but still fun. Just be prepared to work guys in the midwest instead of local.
Steve, not taking it full force but an observation that the aerial did work well on CW as well as AM. They were some nice days operating on 40M from about 11Am until roughly 3PM. Lots of OT's then.